Nick Eaton

The Portland Thorns FC, rival to the Seattle Reign FC in the new National Women’s Soccer League, have decided to discontinue a new tongue-in-cheek T-shirt design after the slogan began drawing complaints of sexism. The slogan was, “Feelin’ Thorny?” It was apparently too much for Portland to handle. Or, at least some people on Facebook […]
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Here’s goalkeeper Josh Ford of the Seattle Sounders FC talking to his teammates about their picks for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. A good number of them are college basketball fans. And a few of them have no idea what they’re talking about. We should note that while midfielder Lamar Neagle picked his alma mater, […]
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The U.S men’s national soccer team will take on Panama in a qualifying round for the 2014 World Cup this summer at CenturyLink Field. It’s been 37 years since a men’s World Cup qualifier was played in Seattle. The game is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. June 11, 2013, and will overlap with a Mariners game […]
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At the request of Mayor Mike McGinn, the Seattle Sports Commission is entering into informal talks with the U.S. Olympic Committee about being a host city for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Local officials became curious about the opportunity last month, when the USOC sent letters to 35 American cities to judge interest in hosting the […]
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Check out this video from Major League Soccer, giving us a behind-the-scenes look at last Saturday’s match between the Seattle Sounders FC and Portland Timbers at CenturyLink Field. The cameras followed head coach Sigi Schmid and the Sounders from the locker room to the huddle to the field. Then back to the locker room in […]
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Washington State head football coach Mike Leach said Wednesday he has entered a bracket pool for the NCAA Tournament, but not “in the Washington way.” That statement, of course, was a jab at UW’s betting scandal in 2003, when Huskies coach Rick Neuheisel was fired for participating in a high-stakes March Madness pool, among other […]
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Gonzaga star Kelly Olynyk, surrounded by rabid Bulldogs fans, is featured on one of four regional Sports Illustrated covers this week. Just in time for the NCAA Tournament, this week’s magazine issue hits newsstands on Wednesday (though the first March Madness rounds started Tuesday). In SI’s main preview of the tourney, writer Kelli Anderson also […]
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This just in: No longer having the Sonics to root for, Sasquatch has chosen to place his loyalty with the cross-state Gonzaga Bulldogs. Shocking new footage of Bigfoot, captured by hikers in Eastern Washington sometime within the past week, gives rare insight to the life of the legendary creature. Exclusive video of his forest den […]
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Wait, isn’t the “Harlem Shake” fad over yet? After all, it was about a month ago that the dance craze was sweeping the world like the swine flu on speed. Even Sounders FC got on board. Well, it’s mid March and the Gonzaga men’s basketball team — ranked first in the nation — has jumped […]
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Awesome twitter.com/RachaelHansen1… — Rachael Hansen (@RachaelHansen1) March 13, 2013 There’s an image going around the Web showing a WSU Cougars flag among the many flags being waved at the Vatican when Pope Francis was elected pontiff on Wednesday. Could it be real? After all, there’s a tradition — still going strong — of waving a […]
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